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Green Scene Planting for the Planet

Planting for the planet: Green Scene supports national environmental initiative

Run Africa and Green Scene Energy, two organizations founded by Rekik Bekele, hosted a free event on 31 August 2019 called Run for Trees. 150 volunteers — a mixture of Ethiopians and ‘Ferengi’s’ ranging in age from 3 to 63 — planted nearly 600 trees at Ararat Jerba Forest, in Yeka Sub-City. Before planting the …

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Ethiopia's national electrification programme

Off-grid solutions championed at top continental electrification summit

The fact that His Excellency Dr. Sileshi Bekele, Ethiopia’s Federal Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, announced the launch of the Second National Electrification Program (NEP 2.0) at OFF the GRID, a summit held on 27–29 March 2019 at Addis Ababa’s Sheraton Hotel, was a clear demonstration of the Government of Ethiopia’s integration of off-grid …

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